catholic schooling in the 1920s

frances · Post by **frances** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:08 am

I wonder if anyone would know what school (primary/secondary) a catholic boy would have gone to in the 1920s. The area the child was living in was Corstorphine, now part of Edinburgh but then a village in it's own right.

I also wonder what church the family were likely to have worshipped in.

Thanks

Frances

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:54 am

Hello Frances,

In the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers there’s a 1908 return of expenditure on State aided schools in Scotland for the year 1899. The list of schools includes denomination, number and age groups of pupils, number and type of teachers etc.

Edinburgh has what seems to be nearly 200 schools spread over about six pages and there are about 20 RC schools included. There’s only the Public School in Corstorphine. I don’t know which of the RC schools would be nearest.

Please let me know if you want the Edinburgh part of the report and I’ll email it. (PDF file less than 1MB)

Alan

frances · Post by **frances** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:24 am

Hello Alan,

Thank you for the reply. If you could send me the Edinburgh part of the report that would be great.

Regards

Frances

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:23 am

Frances,

I just sent them off. The table header with the codes is in a separate email.

All the best,
Alan